#ECC563#ECC563

#ECC563 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.125 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC563
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, 2.61, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 53.55, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% 0.0048 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.125 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.8131, 58.6694, 20.1338)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC563 #638AEC

analogous

#EC8063 #ECC563 #CEEC63

triadic

#ECC563 #63ECC5 #C563EC

tetradic

#ECC563 #63EC80 #638AEC #EC63CE

square

#ECC563 #63EC80 #638AEC #EC63CE

split-complementary

#ECC563 #63CEEC #8063EC

monochromatic

#BE8E17 #E5B12C #ECC563 #F3D99A #F9EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#ECC563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC563

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC563	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.125 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d692',
    500: '#ecc563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc563;
$custom-light: #f5d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83818,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC563

secondary

#375DBC

accent

#46DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC563

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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